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Would you breed a dog that was born with missing teeth?

One of mine was born missing three or four mollars and just had an abssesed tooth removed. I don't plan on breeding her. Just curious if it was hereditery. She had one litter and I havnt heard anything about it with her pups
She cant afford to lose any more. I don't think it matters with her cause it looks like she inhales her food and doesn't chew

If she was missing "a" tooth, I would have an x-ray shot of the jaw when doing OFA's to see if it was just unerupted due to crowding/impaction. If the tooth is present, then yes. If not present, then I would be taking a hard look at vertical pedigree to see if this is a fluke or something that keeps rearing its ugly head every now and again.
For more than one tooth, then the answer is no, I would not.
Happens in people more than you would think, and for those that consider themselves lucky to be missing their wisdom teeth, their children could end up missing their canines (VERY important teeth to have!) or even an incisor.
I would hate to have this happen with a dog!

sHe is about 5 years old. Nice dog out of FT lines, but with me maybe only hunt test games.
I know I said I didnt want to breed her, but her pups turned out nice. I keep in the back of my head that I may want to if she turns out ok. Wife keeps telling me to spay her. I dont train enough to know what she could do
Trying to decide to spay or not.
Thanks, Brad

If she was missing "a" tooth, I would have an x-ray shot of the jaw when doing OFA's to see if it was just unerupted due to crowding/impaction. If the tooth is present, then yes. If not present, then I would be taking a hard look at vertical pedigree to see if this is a fluke or something that keeps rearing its ugly head every now and again.
For more than one tooth, then the answer is no, I would not.
Happens in people more than you would think, and for those that consider themselves lucky to be missing their wisdom teeth, their children could end up missing their canines (VERY important teeth to have!) or even an incisor.
I would hate to have this happen with a dog!

Canine teeth are very infrequently missing in humans. Generally occurs only with other hereditary conditions with fairly obvious phenotypical traits. Congenitally absent teeth do seem to run in families and it would have to be a pretty fine specimen of a dog otherwise for me to consider having a litter out of it. In humans the most often congenitally absent teeth are 3rd molars, followed by second premolars and lateral incisors.